Aloha Kauai

I'm really excited to go see another island! The next few blogs will be of Kauai. At approximately six million years old, it is the oldest of the main Hawaiian islands. Which means it has had more time for vegetation to grow on it, giving it the nickname The Garden Isle. It also helps that Mount Waiʻaleʻale near the center of the island is one of the wettest spots on earth, with an annual average rainfall of 460 inches. In comparison Waikiki has 20 inches annually.

On the plane by 5:00 am, that means we got up really early. 

Bye bye Oahu!

Who doesn't like speeding around winding cliff side roads!

The Iliau plant is only found on Kauai. It's average life span is 2-10 years and only blooms once then dies. It is a close relative of the Silversword found only on Maui. 

Waimea Canyon is nicknamed the little grand canyon for obvious reasons. 

Sadly it was cloudy and voggy the whole first day I was on Kauai. 

Pu'u Hinahina Lookout

Kalalau Lookout. Before I moved to Hawaii a picture of this was my desktop wallpaper. You never think you will actually make it to the beautiful landscape pictures you see online. I was excited to see it. 

A partial whale skeleton was found off the south shore and this vertebrate was retrieved. 

O luna, olalo; o ka;

o ka palaoa pae, no ke ali'i ia.

Translation: Above, below; the upland, the lowland; 

the whale that washes ashore, all belongs to the chief.

There are a lot of chickens in Hawaii!

Far from the edge

Close to the edge

Over the edge... just kidding, I was still on the edge. 

There are not many "cities" on Kaui.

We drove across this bridge a number of times and it is not made to accommodate much traffic.

This bridge was used to go both directions. 

Stay tuned to hike the Na Pali coast with us!